Difference between Shut-in and Confined

What is the difference between Shut-in and Confined?

Shut-in as an adjective is confined to a location, as by infirmity or illness. while Confined as an adjective is not free to move

Shut-in

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Confined to a location, as by infirmity or illness. Introverted.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person confined to a location, as by illness or infirmity.

Confined

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: not free to move

Example sentence: Of those beings who live in ignorance, shut up and confined, as it were, in an egg, I have first broken the eggshell of ignorance and alone in the universe obtained the most exalted, universal Buddhahood.

We hope you now know whether to use Shut-in or Confined in your sentence.

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